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Karachi Bullet Injury
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Pakistan: 35 sustain bullet injuries amid Independence Day celebration in Karachi

| @indiablooms | Aug 15, 2022, at 03:13 pm

Karachi:  As many as 35 people, including five women, sustained bullet injuries during Pakistan's Independence Day celebration in Karachi city on Sunday, media reports said.

In an incident in North Karachi, security guards opened fire to mark the 75th Independence Day, without considering the presence of children in the surroundings, Geo News reported.

Similar incidents of aerial firing were reported from Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 7, Bahadurabad, Yousuf Plaza, Liaquatabad, Gulbahar, Chakiwara, Soldier Bazaar, New Town, PIB Colony and other areas, the Pakistan news channel reported.

Police reportedly arrested a suspect involved in aerial firing in the Eidgah ground area and seized weapons from his possession.

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